Jobkeeper age limits.

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Felicity Bleckly_10462754
Felicity Bleckly_10462754 Member Posts: 43 ✭
edited April 2020 in Reckon One
Jobkeeper age limits. We paid a 17 year-old casual worker two fortnight job keeper payments and a day later was informed by accountant that 16-17 year Olds who are students and living at home are not eligible. Will ato honour and reimburse us. And he turns 18 in 3 weeks so do we stop paying him then put him back on job keeper? Can we make him pay us back? $3000 to us is a huge amount.

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  • Rod_10583196
    Rod_10583196 Member Posts: 3 ✭
    edited April 2020
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    No such conditions exist for JobKeeper.
    There is no means test.
    The employee must be at least 16 on 1st March 2020 and be included in your payroll at 1st March - if a casual, must have been employed for at least 12 months.
    Your accountant is quoting the JobSeeker rules.
  • Rav
    Rav Administrator, Reckon Staff Posts: 15,389 Community Manager Community Manager
    edited April 2020
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    Just adding to Rod's reply above, I'd recommend taking a look at the information directly from the ATO in regard to employee eligibility - 
    https://www.ato.gov.au/General/JobKeeper-Payment/Employees/Eligible-employees/
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  • Lyn Moorley
    Lyn Moorley Member Posts: 3 ✭
    edited April 2020
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    I understood 16 & 17 year olds who are NOT financially independent are NO longer eligible for JobKeeper as per Gvt media release on 25th April: 
    https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/josh-frydenberg-2018/media-releases/jobkeeper-update

    Do we need to enter JOBKEEPER-FINISH for 16 & 17 year olds who are no longer eligible?
  • Trudy Ryan_9947790
    Trudy Ryan_9947790 Member Posts: 2 ✭
    edited April 2020
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    Although 16-17 year olds, who are not financially independent, are no longer eligible, your payments prior to the announcement will be honoured and reimbursed as they were valid at the time.
  • Lyn Moorley
    Lyn Moorley Member Posts: 3 ✭
    edited April 2020
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    Yes. But do we need to record JOBKEEPER-FINISH for these individuals?

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